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JULY 2016
ACBL UNIT 505 SACRAMENTO
Highlights In This Issue
Unit Annual Meeting & Swiss Team Game July 17 — Folsom
New Directory
Available at Annual Mtg.
Photos in this issue are from Ted Muller—
see more on his website: tedmuller.us
Table of Contents
Page 2-4 President’s Message
Page 5 Annual Mtg & Swiss Team Game
Page 6 Ace of Clubs & Mini-McKenney Winners
Page 7-8 Sacramento Fall Sectional
Page 9 June Unit Game photos
Page 10 News You Can Use
Page 11 Congratulations OSMO
Page 12 199’r Table
Page 13-14 Jim Houghton
Page 15-19 Sacramento Bridge Center
Page 20 Sun City Lincoln Hills
Page 21-22 Bridge Works Club
Page 23-26 Folsom BC
Page 27-28 Foothill BC
Unit 505 Website Click here:
www.PlayBridgeSacramento.org
Cascade Lake & Lake Tahoe photo by Ted Muller
Are you feeling cooler now? You’re welcome.
Newsletter Created by MoraBeyondMarketing.com 11230 Gold Express Dr. #310-187 Gold River, CA 95670
E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 916 635-5234
Also, see the 199’r page in this newsletter for more information on which tournaments award which masterpoints.
Happy summer, Katherine
See more information on next page . . .
The Unit Board did not meet this past month. However, we did have a Unit game. It was on Father’s Day and a big thank you to all who attended.
Also a big thank you to Marie Leonardini, our Hospitality Chair and to
all who brought food. It was delicious.
Unit Game Overall Winners: Ben and Betty Miller Ronnie McMurdie and Miriam Steinberg Katherine and Scott Ewing Ann McClelland and Carol Ross
There have been many questions about points lately. I’m putting together information to help clarify any confusion. We’ll look at the colors of the points, referred to as pigmentation. There are formulas used to calculate how any points will be awarded and take into account various factors, such as the class of the event, size of the field, number of sessions and the level of competition. Masterpoints are pigmented to reflect the level of competition.
Katherine Ewing President Unit 505 Board of Directors
Board of Directors Katherine Ewing President 916-395-1987 [email protected]
David Willmott Vice President 916-709-8958 [email protected]
Miriam Steinberg Co-Secretary/Publicity 916 971-4947 [email protected]
Debbie Leggett Co-Secretary 916 456-1024 [email protected]
Joyce Sweeney Treasurer 916 727-3186 [email protected]
Maurie Studin Tournament Chairman 916 408-2254 [email protected]
Marie Leonardini Hospitality 916-485-0601 [email protected]
Pat Ingoglia Membership 456-3343 [email protected]
Zelna Morrow 916 409-5432 [email protected]
Jim Houghton 571-309-6055 [email protected]
Lucy Brown 916-638-7777 [email protected]
Marie Leonardini
District 21 Representatives Sally Wheeler-Valine 916 600-6050 [email protected]
Katherine Ewing 916-395-1987 [email protected]
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PIGMENTED MASTERPOINTS Unpigmented points, awarded for success in on-line play are colorless;
Black points awarded for success in sanctioned club games, unit games and sectionals;
Silver points awarded for success in events at sectionals, progressive sections and sectional tournaments at clubs (STaCs); Red points awarded for success at regional tournaments, regional events at NABC’s. Grand National Teams (GNT) events, North American Open Paris (NAOP) events and other special games can be earned at local clubs;
Gold points awarded for overall placing and section tops in Regionals and NABC events of at least two sessions. There are some restrictions involved in what events they will be awarded and some Gold points may be award for special games, such as the ACBL-wide Instant Matchpoint Game;
Platinum points awarded for NABC + events (no upper masterpoint limit) and include national-rated senior and women’s event.
How many of each color does it take for which achievement level?
See the break-down on the next page.
Masterpoint Ranks — Effective January 1, 2010 from ACBL.org
These rules apply to you if you joined the ACBL after January 1, 2010 or reinstated your membership after that date. If you joined prior to January 1, 2010 and have maintained continuous membership, click here to see the rules that apply to you.
Title Masterpoints Earned
Rookie Fewer than 5
Junior Master 5
Club Master 20 (at least 5 black)
Sectional Master 50 (at least 10 black and 5 silver)
Regional Master 100 (at least 15 black, 15 silver, and 5 red or gold/platinum)
NABC Master 200 (at least 20 black, 25 silver, and 20 red or gold/platinum, of which at least 5 must be gold/platinum)
Advanced NABC Master 300 (at least 50 black, 50 silver, 50 red or gold/platinum, of which at least 25 must be gold/platinum)
Life Master 500 (at least 75 black, 75 silver, 100 red or gold/platinum, of which at least 50 must be gold/platinum)
Silver Life Master A Life Master with 1000 (at least 200 silver, red, gold or platinum)**
Gold Life Master A Life Master with 2500 (at least 500 silver, red, gold or platinum)**
Diamond Life Master A Life Master with 5000 (at least 1000 silver, red, gold or platinum, of which at least 250 must be gold or plati-num)**
Emerald Life Master A Life Master with 7500 (at least 1500 silver, red, gold or platinum, of which at least 500 must be gold or platinum)**
Platinum Life Master A Life Master with 10000 (at least 2000 silver, red, gold or platinum, of which at least 750 must be gold or platinum, with a minimum of 100 platinum)**
Grand Life Master A Life Master with 10000 (at least 2000 silver, red, gold or platinum, of which at least 750 must be gold or platinum, with a minimum of 100 platinum)*
*This is the highest rank in the ACBL. It requires 10,000 masterpoints and one victory in a North American Bridge Champion-ship with no upper masterpoint restriction or an Open Team Trials or its equivalent or a Women’s Team Trials or its equiva-lent or any of the following WBF events: Bermuda Bowl, Venice Cup, Rosenblum Cup, McConnell Cup, Open Pairs, Women’s Pairs, Olympiad, Women’s Team Olympiad, WBF Senior Pairs event, WBF World Swiss Teams, WBF World Mixed Teams, and WBF Senior Teams. **Each player who has attained the rank of Life Master as of December 31, 2011, will not have to fulfill the pigmented point requirements for their next rank advancement. After attaining their first rank after January 1, 2012, all players will be required to fulfill the pigmented point requirements for subsequent rank advancement. For example, a Diamond Life Master on 12/31/2011 will not have to fulfill the pigmented point requirements to attain the rank of Emerald Life Master. They would have to satisfy the pigmented point requirements for Platinum Life Master.
SACRAMENTO ACBL UNIT 505 ANNUAL MEETING & SWISS TEAM GAME
Sunday July 17, 2016 at 11:30
FOLSOM BRIDGE CENTER
9500 GREENBACK LANE, SUITE 9
FOLSOM, CA 95603
*** REGISTRATION IS PREFERRED BY JULY 14, 2016 ***
SEATING LIMITED TO 22 TABLES———REGISTER EARLY!
Table Fee $9.00 per person, $36 per 4 person team
Stratified Swiss Team Game—-4 rounds, 7 boards per round
Stratification will be determined by registration forms
Short Annual Meeting after Lunch
Katherine Ewing, President Unit 505
Presentation of Mini-McKinney and Ace of Clubs Awards
Tournament & Event Organizer: Maurie Studin 916 408-2254 [email protected]
Partnership: Maurie Studin 916 408-2254 [email protected]
REGISTRATION FORM
Make checks payable to: ACBL Unit 505 for $36 ($9 per person) per 4 person team
Mail to: Maurie Studin 3011 Coopers Hawk Loop Lincoln, CA 95648
________________ PLEASE CUT ALONG THIS LINE & RETURN BOTTOM PORTION _________________
Total Team Masterpoints: ____________
TEAM MEMBER NAMES ACBL NUMBER
Team Captain ____________________________________ _____________________
Captain’s Phone # _________________________________
2nd Player’s Name ________________________________ _____________________
3rd Player’s Name ________________________________ _____________________
4th Player’s Name ________________________________ _____________________
5th Player’s Name ________________________________ _____________________
Please join us . . . Sunday, July 17th
11:30 am Folsom Bridge Center
Award presentation at our Annual Meeting and Swiss Team Game
MASTERPOINTS ACE OF CLUBS MINI-McKENNEY
0—5 Sarah Robinson Sarah Robinson
5—20 Cynthia Fredrickson Cynthia Fredrickson
20—50 Thomas Rosen Takwah Tsang
50—100 James Coke James Coke
100—200 Susan Haynie Susan Haynie
200—300 Jim Bowman Ken Hajek
300—500 Trudy Harstad Ginny Curtis
500—1000 John White Jack Uppal
1000—2500 John Jefferson John Jefferson
2500—5000 David Willmott David Vidaver
5000—7500 George Lim Judi Callaham
7500—10,000 Ted Muller Carolyn Benner
10,000 + Veronica McMurdie David Grainger
DAILY RESULTS now available on-line at: www.playbridgesacramento.org
FRIDAY, September 9
La Sierra Community Center 5325 Engle Road Carmichael, CA 95608
All Events Use Pair/Team Averages All Strats depend upon Attendance
* Games begin at 10:30 am and 3:30 pm *
Master point awards are silver
SATURDAY, September 10 SUNDAY, September 11
Hospitality by Val Williams Unit 505 welcomes you with
coffee, tea, snacks
Entries $11 Unpaid & Non-members $14
Friday, Saturday and Sunday lunches available for purchase.
9:30 am 299er Seminar with Al Beckner
99er Pairs
Single Session Games 100-50 / 50-20 / 20-0
299er Pairs
Single Session Games 300-200 / 200-100 / 100-0
Open Pairs
2 Session Play Through (Single Sessions Optional) 2000+ / 2000-750 / 750-0
(Note: You can play up if you choose)
99er Pairs Single Session Games 100-50 / 50-20 / 20-0
299er Pairs
Single Session Games 300-200 / 200-100 / 100-0
Open Pairs
2 Session Play Through (Single Sessions Optional) 2000+ / 2000-750 / 750-0
(Note:
You can play up if you choose)
Swiss Teams (4 Person Team)
Stratiflighted: A/X strats 2500+ / 0-2500 and B/C/D 0 - 2000
10:30 am until approx. 7:00 pm
(mid-game break for lunch)
Tournament Chair
Maurie Studin 916 879-5947
Director Diane Barton-Paine
Mary Ann Borden 916 773-1181
Maurie Studin 916 879-5947
Partnership
Hotel Information & Driving Directions
on page 2
DRIVING DIRECTIONS La Sierra Community Center is in Carmichael—a north area suburb of Sacramento generally along Fair Oaks Blvd.
From the West take Highway 50 exiting at Watt Ave North and turn right onto Fair Oaks Blvd turning left onto Engle Road. From the East take Highway 50 to Sunrise Blvd exit North to Fair Oaks Blvd turning left and follow to Engle Rd. and turn right.
From I 80 either direction exit at Madison Ave. From the east turn right onto Madison and from the west turn left. At Garfield turn right and at Engle Rd. turn right.
HOTELS
Guests need to request the group rate for $109 / $124 per night plus taxes
Ask for Group Code ‘SSB'
Rooms being held until August 18. 2016
Holiday Inn Express & Suites, Cal Expo 2224 Auburn Blvd, Sac CA 95821
916 923-1100 www.hiexpress.com/sacramentone
Hampton Inn & Suites, Cal Expo 2230 Auburn Blvd, Sac CA 95821
www.sacramentoauburnblvd.hamptoninn.com (916) 927-2222
Lori Choplin, Phil Schiffert and Jim Kraus playing his first Duplicate Bridge game. Welcome, Jim!
Katherine Ewing & Maurie Studin review paperwork
Bob Houghton checking out the luncheon!
Ronnie McMurdie & Miriam Steinberg are planning a great game!
Susan Haynie, director and Marie Leonardini, Unit Hospitality Chair.
Marie made a wonderful chicken salad and green salad. Others brought more side dishes! Great lunch!
WELCOME!
Your Unit 505 welcomes you to our Unit. We thank you for joining us and give you a chance to know us better.
It’s No Secret . . .
Communication is the key to a vibrant organization. Unit 505 seeks to “get the word out” to every member! Three main ways we connect are: KIBITZER Newsletter: You’ll see the board members and Beth Mora, the
KIBITZER editor’s contact information on the front page of each newsletter. Send information for the newsletter to the editor.
E-mail Announcements—used to announce Unit-wide events. UNIT WEBSITE: The unit’s website Contact Us feature can also be used to put
you in touch with the right person for your inquiry. www.playbridgesacramento.org
Here’s to keeping the conversation going!
HELP WANTED AD! Unit 505 needs a Partnership Chair to help with matching/getting/pairing/ players for Unit Games and Sectionals. This person does not need to be a Life Master. The only requirement is an interest in helping people, and you don't mind having your phone number and e-mail address included in flyers. Please contact Katherine Ewing or Maurie Studin to volunteer to help.
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Congrats to US Women's Trials Team OSMO by Gary Hann
(article posted on the Bridge Winner’s Website)
Joanne Merry sent this article with her comment, “What a marvelous story for Women's Bridge!” To quote from the first USBF Women's Trials Daily Bulletin this week:
"Teri Smoot and Mary Ose are the founding partners of Team OSMO. Team OSMO was
established at the Providence NABC and is a group of women with a goal of competing (well) at the top levels of duplicate bridge. In order to achieve this, Teri and Mary (along with others) have been playing in many Regionals and NABC's (as well as some international tournaments)."
Major Kudos to Mary Ose, Terry Smoot, Ginny Curtis, Katherine Ewing, Joanne Merry and Prudence Saunders for deciding only to play against the best of
the best, in a quest to become a superb, winning team! Though they didn't succeed in this Women's Trials, they surely absorbed a giant dose of experience, and will likely be a force in Women's (and who knows, maybe Open) bridge sooner rather than later. In my book, that means this team is a big winner for bridge :)
IMHO, we definitely need more, and more visible, Women's bridge, and more of any gender/gender identity who prefer to sacrifice in the short term in pursuit of becoming elite players.
Mary Ose says, “The six of us (Team Osmo) played as a team in the USBF women's team trials. It was a fabulous experience playing against such a terrific field. I am a firm believer that that is how to grow one's game: by playing against the best. I would like to encourage more women to do the same. We didn't win this time but WE'LL BE BACK!!”
Editor’s Note: And we’ll be back to cheer you on!
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Keen players are always eager to pit their skills against others, which is why the ACBL sanctions more than 1200 tournaments a year. If you want to play in a tournament, chances are good that you can find one just about any week of the year.
Sectional Tournaments are ACBL tournaments run by a unit or by a club to which authority for the activity has been granted by ACBL. Silver points are awarded in all events at a sectional. Most sectionals run for three days, although some are longer and a few run for only two days. Sectionals draw their competitors mostly from the immediate area.
Sectional Tournaments at Clubs (STaC) are ACBL tournaments with sectional rating staged at many clubs in a geographical area over a period of up to seven days. Events are played at several clubs, and results are transmitted to a central office manned by the director in charge. The director combines the results to determine the winners and overall places for partici-pants. Masterpoints awarded are silver.
Regional Tournaments are ACBL tournaments run by the districts and offer gold and red points. At least one regional tournament is held in each district annually.
North American Bridge Championships (NABC) are conducted by the ACBL and are held three times a year across the United States and Canada. NABCs offer platinum, gold and red points. (Information from ACBL.org)
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Your place for events, lessons and recognition of achievements!
Welcome!
199’rs are IMPORTANT to our Unit!
Each club has daily open and stratified
games.
199’r games are:
Folsom Bridge Center Tuesday, 10:10 am Wednesday, 9:00 am Fridays, 9:00 am
Foothill Bridge Center Wednesday Non-Life Masters (0-500) 10:00 am Thursday Non-Life Masters (0 = 500) 10 a.m.
Sacramento Bridge Center Tuesday, 11:00 am
Click on the websites for more information.
Club Championship and Unit Games award
more points!
Invite a friend!
RACE FOR THE POINTS!
Mini-McKinney top 3 in each category:
0-5 Gary McCornick 31.25 Chris Brainerd 14.27 Jack Reichel 12.47
5-20 Christine Vanderliet 19.37 Julie Chenu 16.94 Patricia Gale 14.43 20-50 Josh Haskett 21.11 Charon Jenner 20.22 Jeremy Adelman 14.27 50-100 Joe Fischer 42.18 Claes Harde 28.54 Joel Lesser 25.92 100-200 John Reynen 70.80 Cynthia Fredrickson 53.33 James Coke 41.41
www.playbridgesacramento.org
Jim Houghton [email protected]
Jim is on the
Unit 505 Board and serves as the
Education Chair.
He coaches and teaches bridge.
When giving partner a ruff, if you have a choice of 3 or more cards to lead, lead lowest to indicate a preference for partner to return the lower ranking suit, high-est for the higher ranking suit, and a middle card to signal a trump or no prefer-ence. Here’s a good illustrative deal from a recent local club game.
The auction was as follows: East South West North 1H 2S 3H P 4H (all pass) South led the club 7, won by North, who returned a spade. South won and returned the deuce of spades, which North ruffed, East following with the jack. What should North do now? At the table, North returned a club. East won, drew trumps, then pitched a diamond on the king of spades, making 4. Who was to blame for allowing the game to make in your opinion, North or South? It seems obvious for North to cash a high diamond, but consider South’s lead of the deuce of spades. South had five spades of effectively equal rank to choose. Given that, South’s lead of the deuce practically demanded a club return. The implication was that South’s original lead was a singleton. 13
In this case, attempting to cash a high diamond would have been fatal to the defense.
Jim Houghton [email protected]
Yosemite Falls
from the Yosemite Falls Trail
Here is the layout North envisioned:
Albert Chow
John Hughes
Charles Smith
Ali Topcu
David Vidaver
Maggie Edwy
SUNDAY - 12 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs Maggie Edwy, Director 916 878-7566 [email protected]
MONDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs & Invitational Pairs John Hughes, Director 916 965-7695 [email protected]
TUESDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs & 199'er Pairs Albert Chow, Director 916 878-7566 [email protected]
TUESDAY - 7 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs Ali Topcu, Director
WEDNESDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs & Invitational Pairs Albert Chow, Director
WEDNESDAY - 6:30 pm Stratified Open Pairs Maggie Edwy, Director 916 333-2478 [email protected]
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THURSDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs Ali Topcu, Director 916 925-6322 [email protected] THURSDAY - 6:30 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs Charles Smith, Director 916 967-1105 [email protected]
FRIDAY - 11 a.m. Stratified Open Pairs & Invitational Pairs John Hughes, Director
FRIDAY - 7 p.m. {monthly only} Barometer Pairs David Vidaver, Director [email protected]
SATURDAY - 12 p.m. Stratified Open Pairs Ali Topcu, Director
Temporary Location: 1300 Ethan Way, Suite 675 (corner of Ethan & Hurley) 916-925-6322
Edith's Checkerspot
Desolation Wilderness Gertrude Lake Trail
On Friday, May 27th, George Lim and Marty Rogers had a 74.19 percent game! They play together almost every Friday. Both are very excellent players and will win, place or show most of the time. I don’t know that I have ever seen George with this big of a smile on his face. Be-sides playing on most Fridays, George will be seen picking up all of the table markers, boards and pencils after the game. He is very good about doing this for most of the directors. They are both wonderful people.
The Saturday lessons have started off with a really great group of 18 interesting future bridge players. Most of them have had a small amount of bridge experience, so they are keeping Joy on her toes. This is her first class to teach, but she says it is really enjoyable. Joy told Albert she might just give up cooking for teaching!
by Joy O’Dell
Two of our favorite players have other hobbies that they enjoy. Many of us do other things, but I doubt that many of you “Hike.” This is a picture taken on Friday, June 24th. Judy actually loves to hike and Ted says if he could not hike he would be totally devastated. Yes, he enjoys it more than bridge. He is known for taking anyone interested on a good hiking trip. He gauges the toughness according to those on the trail. As you can see in this picture, Judy is holding his hand to go down hill. I admire her tenacity. One of her other hobbies is playing golf. Ted also enjoys taking pictures and playing the piano. We have great news for the Sacramento Bridge Center. NO, we did not have a water pipe break or leak or anything else. We will be moving the end of July and the new center is starting to come together. I was going to take more pictures today, but the things that have been done do not really show up yet in a picture. The walls and ceilings are all in. The kitchen appliances have been delivered and the cupboards are almost ready to appear. I will wait until later next week to get some more pictures. You can always go to the Internet and check the new pictures that Ted puts up. He is usually ahead of me. We are getting there players, just hold on a little longer. Yes, we will be open on July 4th. Joy will have a great lunch and John will be directing. Come join us for a great time.
Judi Callaham and Ted Muller enjoying one of Ted’s hikes.
You can see more pictures of the places he has hiked on his web site: tedmuller.us/Outdoor/HikingTrails.htm
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Arden Manor Thursday Night
6:30 pm Sacramento Bridge Club Charles Smith, Director
Gold Country Duplicate 956 Mountain Ranch Rd
San Andreas
Mr. Don E Stillwell, Director 209-772-1899
Wednesdays 12:00 Noon
Open
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(Zerene) Fritillary
Yosemite National Park Middle Gaylor Lake
SACRAMENTO BRIDGE CENTER
The Saturday and Sunday afternoon games currently pay 3-4 times as many
Masterpoints per table as the other weekly sessions.
That is possible because the directors contribute $4 per table to an ACBL-designated charity.
Let's reward this enterprise by supporting those games!
By Dick Proffitt
For more information, visit the club web site: www.bridgewebs.com/
lincolnhills,
DUPLICATE BRIDGE
GAMES Kilaga Springs Lodge
NO Weds 12:30 PM* Fri 5:00 PM Sat 12:30 PM**
Open to residents and their invited guests
*includes 199er game **includes 299er game
BRIDGE LESSONS
FREE—Open to All Every Wednesday
11:45 AM
TABLE FEES Per Person Members or Sun City Resident visitor Visitors 3x: $2.00 Non-resident visitor: $5.00
PARTNERSHIP CHAIRS
Barbara Dorf 434-8234 Squeak Conner 645-9085 Lynne White 253-9882
Wednesday 199er game
Limited Games Sheila Ross 434-6165
Lynne White 253-9882
or call club president, Sharon Neff
543-8897
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The Cathedral Range from the summit of Lembert Dome
The recent California Capital Regional Tournament held at the Sacramento DoubleTree Hotel was well attended by our club members, and 49 of them were able to win some of those coveted pigmented MPs. In contrast, July is a slow month for the dedicated tournament player. However, the Unit 505 Swiss team game and annual meeting will be held on Sunday, July 17, 2016 at the Folsom Bridge Center. The pot luck will begin at 11:30 am. You can put a team together and compete there. For complete details and registration see flyer on page 3. Looking ahead, the Sutter Buttes Sectional will be held in Yuba City from August 5 - 7. Then in September, the Sacramento Sectional will be held in a new location, La Sierra Community Center 5325 Engle Road Carmichael, CA 95608 from Fri., Sept. 9 through Sun., Sept. 11. These tournaments offer our limited game players excellent opportunities to win some sil-ver Masterpoints. Additional information about these tournaments can be found on the ACBL website (www.acbl.org/tournaments/) and the flyers on pages 4 and 5 of this newsletter. Reminder: Bridge lessons are presented most Wednesdays promptly at 11:45 am, before the club’s regularly scheduled game. Check the home page of our club website for upcoming lesson titles.
Sierra Bluebells
GAME Tuesdays
Check In 11:00 am Game 11:30 pm
Granite Springs Church Main Conference Room
1170 E. Joiner Pkwy Lincoln, CA 95648
QUESTIONS? Contact Manager/Director Joe
Blackford at: [email protected]
PARTNERSHIP DESK: Contact Liz Shirai at: – [email protected]
916 772-9244 Guaranteed—You Will Play
CLICK HERE for Game Results
Granite Springs Church
Bonanza Bridge game winners
1st A, B and C Whitman/Fabbre ($72); 2nd A Arnold/Elliott ($12); 2nd B, 3rd A Bogan/Murphy $16; 3rd B, 2nd C Eubanks/Johnson $16; 3rd C Curry/Randolph $4.
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“Perhaps a Better Way” by Joe Blackford
Many conventions have been introduced to duplicate bridge over the years and adopted into numerous Convention Cards. However, very few players are aware of the changes that have increased their effectiveness and productivity. Duplicate bridge is much more than an intellectual pastime, it is a game of percentages. Those achieving the higher percentages of course are the winners, so why not allow yourself a winning chance by including a few of these newer innovations into your bidding systems. That being said, Bridge Works, the home of “Bonanza Bridge”, will offer a series of lectures designated as, “Perhaps a Better Way”. The lectures will only suggest what Bridge Works feels is a more advantages use of each convention. Although these lectures may feature material not intended for use by many beginning players, it is our hopes at Bridge Works that exposure to players of any level will help bridge their gap between mediocrity and excellence. See the flyer on the next page for more information on the classes. Bridge Works would only hope that each player attend the supervised game following each lecture. These lectures will not be an attempt to change the game currently within your comfort zone, they will only serve as a suggestion that there is, “Perhaps a Better Way”. Please contact Joe Blackford at [email protected] if you have questions.
BEGINNING BRIDGE LESSONS
FREE bridge lesson series will be offered by Bridge Works, under the skilled supervision of:
Marvin Arnold,
a certified ACBL director
beginning: Tuesday, June 14th
10 am location:
Granite Springs Church 1170 E. Joiner Pkwy
Lincoln, CA
All lessons will be followed by a supervised limited game designed with beginning players in mind, allowing them to play against their peers, gain confidence and eventually graduate into the open stratified games. Special supervised limited games can also afford beginning players the opportunity to compete for masterpoints.
Not to worry—you can come with your partner or we will match you up!
Please take advantage of this magnificent offer to improve your bridge playing skills from an experienced and competent director, with many years of providing beginning players the positive guidelines for a successful bridge future.
For any further information please contact Joe Blackford at: [email protected].
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Folsom Bridge Center 9500 Greenback Lane
Folsom, CA 95630 (916) 353-1139
Click links here— Website:
Folsom Bridge Center
Email: [email protected]
SEE CALENDAR
ON WEBSITE FOR More EVENTS
Directors
Roz Flynn Ph. 530-409-3537
Dave Willmott
Ph. 916-709-8958
Susan Haynie Ph. 916-212-9130
Mentors
Roz Flynn 530 409-3537
JULY AT FOLSOM BRIDGE CENTER
Your friendly venue for Duplicate Bridge!
CONGRATULATIONS! Winners of Club Championships
June 12th: Bob Houghton & Judy Forman May 27th: Phil and Lynn Benner May 18th: Jim Houghton & Stan Shamitz
Club Championships 27th, July 4th & 12th
Next Unit Game + Annual Meeting July 17th 11:30 am Swiss Team Game will be at the Folsom Bridge Center
NAP Club Qualifying Games July 20th & 25th Be sure to play in the club qualifying so you’re ready for the Unit
Qualifying game in November at Folsom Bridge Center!
Open Forum Lessons Tuesdays 10:10 am by Al Beckner
Intermediate Lessons Fridays 9:00 am by Al Beckner
All Sunday Games have enhanced Masterpoint Awards
Mentor / Mentee Snacks Provided
$8/Mentee, $4/Mentor Charity Games
Next Mentor/Mentee Game Sunday July 10th at Noon
Claret Cup Cactus
near Moab, Utah, April
Corona Arch Trail
Peter Grande Memorial Game
We raised $357 for Loaves and Fishes. Winners of the Game were Gary Soules & John Jefferson with 72.6% !
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SOMETHING NEW in FOLSOM!
Beginning July 7th the Folsom Bridge Center will
devote every Thursday to Non-Life Masters (except the last Thursday-Team Games).
Every game will be a Charity Game
with enhanced points and more winners!
Game at 11:00 am Q & A Session/lessons at 10:30 am
Light lunch of salad/fruit and cookies/desert, as well as the usual coffee and iced tea.
Cost $6.00
Susan Haynie, Director.
REMINDER: In addition, we continue our Sunday games at 12 Noon for Non-Life Masters and Mentor/Mentees with Roz Flynn, director.
Help us get the word out by forwarding this to a friend . . . or ten . . . You can put this on your Face-
book page . . . Invite a friend. Thank you!
We welcome the newer players and believe this is a step in the right direction to help them learn and grow for the future. Together let’s welcome this
new opportunity to grow the game we enjoy.
JULY 20 & 25
North American Pairs Club Qualifying Round
Strats: C 0-500 and non life masters
B 0-2500
A unlimited
Points: 1/2 red / 1/2 black
Folsom Bridge Center 9500 Greenback Lane
Folsom, CA 95630 (916) 353-1139
This challenge begins with your wins at the Club level qualifying events. This Thursday is the only club level game in Unit 505.
Win a chance to represent our Unit 505 at the Unit Final held at Folsom Bridge Center in November.
Winners from all the District 21 Units vie in Palo Alto (Flight A Jan 21-22, 2017. Flight B February 4, 2017 and Flight C January 22, 2017)
D21 winners go on to represent our District 21 at the National Finals held at the 2017 Spring NABC in Kansas City, MO in March 2017.
Winners of the District 21 Finals receive a stipend to defray costs at the National.
Plan your partnerships for the Club quals held in June, July and Au-gust. You can change partnerships until the District 21 Final.
Join the NAP
for exciting
competition and
rewards!
Game at 11:00 am
Directors June 20—Susan
Haynie June 25—Al Beckner
Welcome New ACBL Member
Kathy Pippo
Welcome New players Rita Karlin
Marie Perry Peg Livingston Jan Garfinkle Carol Kovak
ATTENTION: The Friday night game
now begins at 6:30 pm.
Please check our web page on Fridays
to see if the game is on.
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Club Championship Results
Two of Foothill Bridge Center’s founding members, Sue Caughey and Margaret “Peg” Eastman, have died.
While they both had moved away recently, we miss them terribly
but think of them fondly at the bridge table.
N/S OA1 Daryl Prouty, Duncan MacVean A2 Bob Charlton, Bob Otto A3 Bill Koelzer, Mary Fahel A4 Toby Higgins, Bonnie Noya OC2 Barbara Paul, Barbara Gilmore
E/W A1 Bill Lockett, Gary McCormick A2 Bob Berg, Larry Magelitz A3 G Downing, Josie Lemon A4 Sandy A, A5 Donna C, Sarah Robinson
0B1 Jack Gallaher, Jack Reichel 16 Open Pairs 1st Patrick Holmes, John Schroeder 2nd G Downing, Larry Koncewitz 3rd Jim Coke, Daryl Prouty 4th Gayle Heslop, Richard Hobbie
26 1 Ginny Curtis, Katherine & Scott Ewing, Teri Smoot 2. Lorena Choplin, Karen Nelson, Phil Schliffert, Barbara Swan 3. Suzie Bogan, Jim Coke, Terence Degan, Al Farrar 4. Judy Allan, John Dutton, Gayle Heslop, Richard Hobbie 5. Connie & Juri Randmaa, Lorna Garret, Eileen Pagluica
16 NLM
Gary McCormick was May’s Foothiller-of-the-Month
July Events
Bingo winners: Lorena
Chopping, Darrell Davidson, Joan Bailey and Sandy Andres
June Swiss team winners: Scott and
Katherine Ewing, Teri Smoot and
Ginny Curtis
4th Hot dogs, hamburgers at 11:30 and open pairs game at 12, noon 14th Unit Game for NLM, 500 MP, 10 am 15th Club Championship, Friday, 6:30 pm 24th Sunday, Pot luck, 12, noon; Bridge Bingo 12:30 and Swiss team game 1 pm
4th of July
11:30 am Barry is BBQ’ing hot dogs and hamburgers.
Noon Open Pairs Game.
There may be a NLM section if three tables are signed up.
Finished no later than 4 pm; time for the evening fireworks.
All this for $5!
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